FBI Busts Identity Theft Botnet
The Internet Business Law Service is reporting the FBI has used federal wiretapping laws to breakup a botnet ring. A 26 year old Los Angeles resident pleaded to
four felony counts: accessing protected computers to conduct fraud, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud.
In the plea he admitted to a number of schemes: using spybots to intercept communications with PayPal and other sites, using malware to steal Windows passwords, and defrauding an ad company by pushing adware on unsuspecting victims.
It's not surprising he took the plea. The maximum sentence for his crimes is 60 years in federal prison and fines up to $1.75 million.
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